Although I was a little daunted by the sheer volume of white squares when I first looked at today's grid, I got going like a hot ICESAW through butter, even with a quantity of unknown-to-me items like MOMALA, NCISLA, EMILIANO, LUISE Rainer, and INTELSAT. However, I came to a grinding halt in the top left. This, despite the fact that I confidently entered UHAULVAN for "Moving day rental" right off the bat, and guessed what I thought was the tricky - and fun - SCHMEARS ("Spreads out in the morning?). The Stravinsky quote took me a while to figure out, I am unfamiliar with MUNSHI ("Hindu clerk"), the tricky QMC "T-slots?" for ARMHOLES stumped me, and I didn't rub up against the idea of ROSINED right away. I was on the RAGGEDEDGE for some time, but eventually, I was able to BURNSAGE and cleanse the negative energy in that quadrant.
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Fill-wise, I enjoyed CORNCRIB, WAYFARER, and ERSATZ. In addition to the kickoff QMC mentioned above, I also liked "Religious right?" (AMENDMENTI), but my favorite C/AP today was a non-QMC "Ce n'est pas du fast food" ESCARGOT. Ha!
~Frannie.
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